UNSTUCK Your Campaign Leveling & Gearing Tips to Reach Endgame in Path of Exile 2

[@DrybearGamers]

*NOTE: Trading is only available once you hit level 25 the first time* pathofexile.com/trade2/ 00:00 Introduction 00:29 PoE2 Drops 01:31 Character Defenses 06:15 Leveling Targets 06:42 Gear Stats & Crafting 09:54 Flasks & Charms 13:37 Damage & Offense 15:54 Damage Sources 18:47 Passive Skill Tree 23:18 Gear Upgrades 28:01 Trading

[@Verto4321]

You forgot #1 tip, level an infernalist to farm resources for other characters

[@jaybruce6974]

I don't get that. I am level 46 with a sorcerer with the fire tree at the top of the passives full. I cannot take done the big guy in the magma. I can't stay alive just fine. Just cannot do enough damage before magma fills up.

[@faiz697]

It's that good ??

[@Agron125]

@@jaybruce6974there is a way to bug him to do no damage to you, look it up

[@EdManMarkPerson]

Yeah I wana play other classes but being starved for gear is forcing me to farm on main. Idk if that's good for the game... apparently magic find is king rn. ​@@jaybruce6974 make sure your weapon itself is up to par, and your skill gems are lvl'd. Tree nodes need something to scale off of. Last make sure you have ele pen or exposure 👌🏾

[@ChilledUnskilled]

@@jaybruce6974 I'm pretty sure that guy is fire resistant. If you hover over him with your mouse in the fight it will tell you what affixes the boss has. Try running fire exposure to lower his resistances. It should improve your damage against him quite a bit, assuming you're running a fire based build.

[@ofarva]

20:05 "Dead enemies do no damage to you." 🤣 Sir, this is Path of Exile. Great vid! Love the content!

[@GenocideLv]

laughs in DD PepeLaugh

[@dadj3681]

Best tutorials on the Tube are yours Drybear. Much appreciated. I’m having a blast trying things with my build but sometimes I come here to grab a few more tips

[@DrybearGamers]

Much appreciated!

[@scottlacy152]

Thank you for this video! I'm new to the whole Path of Exile franchise and the one thing that has stumped me until now is how to properly gear. Nobody has been able to give me a good answer until this video!

[@shawnyve452]

FYI in your Trading section you say go grab eq to finish act 1 boss. You can't use the trading system until you have at least one char at level 25.

[@DrybearGamers]

Good catch! Forgot about that

[@skybluepink41]

I’m level 19 and I’ve just been doing just that. So I don’t think that’s the case.

[@Dragonphoenix25]

One of the biggest affixes to get on an offensive item (weapon or sometimes focus or gloves) is +Skills or +Spell levels. Raising the effective level of your Gems seems to give more damage individually compared to other affixes. It's still important to combine them with + Melee or Spell damage / + Attack Speed or Cast Speed, etc. But when I start to build an item, if I don't start early with the +Skill / Spell levels at the Regal Orb stage (3 affixes stage), I consider the item "bricked" and move on, since Exalted Orbs are scarce and not worth gambling the main wanted stat with.

[@WyMustIGo]

Be careful though because in some cases this can cause skills/spells to consume more mana than you can generate.

[@Dragonphoenix25]

@@WyMustIGo ...and you need to scale the stat requirements too, yes, but damage wise, it still stands

[@WyMustIGo]

@@Dragonphoenix25 And it can also break some builds, ask people running monk. PS: For leveling you do not need it, people die because they ignore defense and build for DPS -- this is not easy mode Diablo.

[@WyMustIGo]

Oh and he mentions exactly what you posted in the video already.

[@Dragonphoenix25]

@@WyMustIGo Sure, but I think your main weapon should be all offense mods, easier to get those in that equipment slot anyway. Everything else can be built for defense and sustainability. Killing monsters faster also helps survivability

[@NBZTasker]

Thank you for this video, very clear and great tips for new players to PoE2. Ive watched a lot of videos and this one is the best explanation of leveling by far.

[@bigoozz]

There is also seccond way to level thrue campaign easily and quickly, get yourself a Ranger, pick lightning shot and lightning rod as your 2 main skill gems (+voltaic mark for bosses and rares) , forget defences and focus on UNLIMITED POWER, what means + to attack or projectile damage on every single skill tree node you can find, rings and rest of the gear ect. +movement speed on your boots. And watch all mobs and bosses on your screen explode in half a seccond d3 style in both campaign difficulties. When you get to mapping start focussing on survi.

[@Benni333]

I was told this to help me level my monk. What level is it viable until and when should I taper away from bow and build into monk

[@Roshi-kq4bf]

​@@Benni333after like lvl 15-20

[@Huntanor]

​@@Benni333man monk has tons if good campaign builds, I'm a quarterstaff bloodmage (maybe the only quarterstaff blood mage in high tier maps) and I did it in 12-15 hours.

[@juliusthompson4794]

One of the best guides I've ever seen on any game. Well done my dude

[@mcnbowen]

This video is so good, just what I needed and at the right time. I am gonna watch it twice. Thanks bro.

[@DrybearGamers]

👊

[@Treayom]

Im amazed how godawefullybad all the uniques are. I havent gotten a single one I would even consider using, even for a special build.

[@mray417]

Great vid as always!

[@andrewblakeley7876]

What’s your input on poison resistance

[@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

As a lvl 74 SSF player I get maybe 1-2 exalts to drop per day, am still wearing gear items I found in act 3 normal mode, and the boss of the 2nd floor of trials can delete my 2,500 max honor in about 2 hits. There REALLY needs to be a loot boost for SSF players like in Last Epoch.

[@ashleybarnes9343]

I play SSF and im level 72 and i have no problem with gear lol, i have 6 thousand honour on the 2nd floor trials, seems like you just got mega unlucky with loot drops bud which sucks, i hope you get some good drops man

[@AlH-f4k]

No one cares

[@kingdane17]

Why do you have a wand and focus as your second weapon?

[@blazedehart2748]

How do you get the 3rd and 4th ascendancy? I am level 75 and have not gotten a token for either ToS or Chaos that will give me my points. I have dropped 20ish and all say they will not give points. 😢

[@Huntanor]

Level 61 to 70 maps drop Trial coins. I'm only at tier 7 maps so beyond that I don't know. It could be gad rng. I have 6 tries saved up right now, bit I can never finish the second boss with enough honor to beat the third floor boss.

[@adamwolsey8589]

you can get good stuff gambling, rolled a legendary belt second time I tried. but gambling is gambling, probably not good as a money investment in game while gold is precious early on. pick up whites and blues for your class (i'd like to see an improved way of doing this moving forward, it gets a little tedious) then try to make some good gear. if you don't get a perfect roll, that's okay, if it's a little upgrade, us it, and keep looking. I think people are too quick to look for perfect rolls, and sometimes when you are leveling, you just need to keep moving.

[@SageWaxen]

My biggest issue is IDK when I'm supposed to actually acquire the ascendancy points. When I kill the boss at the end? Do I need to talk to the statue again?

[@henryyoung2861]

Can only speak for the first trial as I haven't gotten round to the second one yet but the first one you have to interact with an altar in the room with all the chests at the end to get your first 2 points.

[@SageWaxen]

@henryyoung2861 I'm talking using the items you use for the trials at higher levels. The item says I'll get an ascendancy point for completing the trial, but I get nothing after killing the boss

[@Huntanor]

​@@SageWaxenIf it's Sekema you need to do more floors. There is a door at the end. Assuming you did the chaos trial thats free in act 3 you need 3 floors thus three bosses for 6 points and five floors I think for 8.

[@SageWaxen]

@Huntanor aaaah that makes sense. So take the door past the room with all of the treasure boxes?

[@TheRaienryuu]

Let's go baby, now it's just figuring out on your own if it's a build issue, gear issue, skill issue or combo of those lol.

[@rabb1tdotcom-ie3vk]

Sometimes you still just don't know the answer to that. I've got 250 hours in PoE 1, and about 50 in PoE 2, and a lot of times I'll just get stuck on a boss and have no clue what's wrong. I've started to adopt the rule of 'if you die more than 5x, back out' and just go get another level or see if there is any gear I can upgrade. Since the game doesn't tell you what level you need (other than a general level on the map), what dps you need, or what killed you in a fight, at least for me, I really don't have any guidance on 'what is wrong' in terms of not being able to clear a boss.

[@MrBlockyTV]

You can get a shit tone more stats from trading Regal and Exalted Orbs then from using them so if you are not solo self found I would highly recommend using them to trade for better Items instead

[@davidmorgan3359]

It's sad to say but the huge influx of players will all be gone for good after a month or two and all that will be left will be the Poe 1 and Diablo crowd. This is who this game is made for, not casual or mainstream gamers, it's hardcore. But ultimately it's an unrewarding experience, with no substantial gear upgrades for whole acts, limited crafting items. Crafting items not dropping and not being able to upgrade gear, which is just a chance to enter a RNG process anyway, that is stacked against you, Does not feel good. You over level and cap out at skill gems level 14 for half an entire final act. I don't need to play the end game to know everything about ggg and their game, it's unrewarding. As soon as all those new gamers realise this they will start playing something else and Poe 2 will settle into the same routine and player numbers of Poe 1. Diablo 4 died, Last Epoch died and so will Poe 2. It will soon be time to move onto the next game and maybe one day someone will bring out this type of game, that rewards players for their time, not just the few percent no lifers who can grind for hundreds of hours. If you enjoy this good luck to you. A healthy game is a game for many not just a few. Unfortunately Ggg know no better!

[@Huntanor]

It's early access man. Your deciding you kids going to be a failure when your wife just peed on the stick. Also no. PoE is a healthy game. Their is literally nothing wrong with a consistent game with a strong niche. PoE is the only live service game to grow users over it's ten year run, league after league. Something not being for you doesn't make it bad, saddly neither of is that important, me liking it doesn't make it perfect, and you not liking it doesn't make it trash.

[@JustxLiving909]

Cry somewhere else

[@ChilledUnskilled]

Its also an early access release so there will be a ton of balancing they do prior to full game release. I have no doubt that some (or even all) of the complaints you have will be getting addressed over the next few weeks/months. They've already buffed currency drops for earlier acts and it has made a noticeable difference. Like you, I would still like to see crafting be more central to early game progression. Perhaps people should learn to temper their expectations a bit better by not coming into an early access version of a game expecting it to be launch ready? Personally, I find the game in its current state rewarding (and I'm playing SSF) but I will happily recognize it's not a game for everyone. That isn't to say it's "perfect as it is", it definitely still needs a number of balance passes. I guess some people want a low investment game with big loot pops and simpler combat, and that's ok. Predicting POE 2 will die barely 2 weeks after its early access launch is silly. Particularly considering some of the numbers they've been seeing. 500k concurrent players on steam, 1.1 million viewers on twitch. 250k concurrent on steam at the time of writing this response. You not liking the game does not mean its destined to fail. There are more than enough people around who like this style of game to make it successful. POE 2 will be just fine and if they handle player concerns properly I'd wager it actually has a very bright future ahead of it.

[@fizzlock]

I mean, it's early access and pretty much just released for early access. Try not to be so doom and gloom lol

[@AnUtterMesh]

That thumbnail tho

[@erz3030]

I love you Drybear! I just found you again - I haven't seen your stuff since the old Smite days many years ago!

[@DrybearGamers]

We meet again! Welcome back :)

[@icymoe1024]

Thanks! Much needed as im on normal act 3 and keep getting my face kicked in😅

[@DrybearGamers]

Hope it helps get you through!

[@GenocideLv]

its a hard game, i like it. When I started maps I only had 20% resistances and no means to make better gear (playing SSF). I was dyign 3 times per tier 1 map at first, but 10 maps later my resistances became 60% and now im cruising more or less. I love a punishing game in 2024

[@-xllanosv-415]

Shit That’s me rn, low resistances dying incredibly fast in T1 maps, any tips? Or just how did you go about getting better gear in end game?

[@GenocideLv]

@@-xllanosv-415 im not in endgame. I just started maps. Use all the gold you have to buy either rares with resists from vendors, or decent white bases from vendors and try to get resists on those. Maybe I just got lucky. But u need to realize, if u just reached maps, the currency and gold u have is only 1% of what ur gonna have when ur done with mapping, so use it all no problem also sockets on items and runes with 12% rez are a big help, its like 1/3 of my total resists. U probably know this but i cant offer anything more than noobtips at the moment

[@-xllanosv-415]

@ cool cool ty yeah I’ll just try to find better resistances and cuz I just started maps and I’m just getting destroyed, and it’s basic tier 1 waystones , guess I’ll just take it slow and try to hunt for much needed gear

[@Huntanor]

​@@-xllanosv-415If you ssf you need to forget all stats until you resists are high 60s. Except move speed. That means resist on rings body belt and neck at very least. If it matches you defensive tree allocations and has resists its good. Health is valuable too, but rarer. It's better to lose health for 60+ resists. Then begun to see gear only as an upgrade if it's resists are at least as good as you've got. Never use exalts on any thing that doesnt alreafy have three useful affixes. Using an exalt on an item to get what you want is bad rng. Using cheap orbs to get what you want and using exalts to improve the already useful item is better. The idea is you want to weR every ex. If you Gina put it on either way tgen consider the ex if it could make it better. If it needs the ex to even wear it's trash.

[@theloneclap9699]

Damn charsi looking fine.

[@FinalFantasyXDen-br4to]

Fun fact: You need 1 character to be level 25 before you can begin trading.

[@alirezabayat6388]

Shouldn't we pay attention to both armor and evasion? What if by chance i don't evade a hit and because i have low armor get one shoted?

[@Huntanor]

You can do both but the system tries to make the equivalent. For example if it's similar to poe 1 evasion is deterministic. You always get hit the amount you should and dodge tge amount you should. That means if you can survive one hit you'll do as well as armour over the long run.

[@alirezabayat6388]

@Huntanor thanks for the response, but in that case what would even be the difference between evasion and armor?

[@jrs2071]

nobody ever answers trade ever!!! TRYIED MUTIPLE WEEKS MUST HAVE MESSAGED 500+ PEOPLE! ITS ALL PRICE FIXING AND BS !!!

[@VDHmain]

Well right now the biggest gatekepper is the servers shitting themselves and keeping people from playing tbh.

[@bx3crew458]

I would enjoy the game a lot more if I wasn’t afraid it was gonna crash every loading screen.

[@abaddonwolffe8652]

Complete noob here. What does a pet do in game? Lol i just started playing the game 😅

[@haynesbradd]

Visual, cosmetic. Just a pet to walk around with!

[@kevinelston404]

You’re still alive!? What happened with smite?

[@mitchlacasse361]

quite possibly the most valuable video I've come across

[@FedDonovan]

The experience leveling up is dreadful, especially when all progress wiped at the start of a new season. This will definitely be my first and last playthrough. While ARPGs are fascinating, the idea of losing progress is unacceptable.

[@nathanalan9944]

The server you are on now is standard you will have your characters for ever no wipe

[@kanklebreaker]

​@@nathanalan9944 Except characters during early access will be deleted when the full game launches.

[@Huntanor]

It's like a fundemenal principle of the game that you can stay on standard and get the new mechanics added layer if they become permanent or run the league. Also by release most people will be zooming, the fast clear in week three is less then 7 hours. That's three times as long as poe 1 but it still perfectly fine. Additionally their are 7 missing acts youll never see (or 6?) If you decide the games not for you.

[@douglasmurdoch7247]

They won’t actually be wiped. They just won’t be present in whatever new league. You’ll find that the fun of the game is building a character. The new league with a fresh start and a fresh economy is a good thing. Your old characters will still be there waiting.

[@FedDonovan]

@@douglasmurdoch7247 Thank you for the nice response. Appreciated.

[@thisguy35]

don't drink the water

[@merkinsniffs]

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[@nathan0987654321]

i do like youre video's, they are really informative and pforessional! How ever you need to change your intro, Its really catered to a younger audience! Not sure what your content was before PoE2, But 95% of the playerbase here is older than 15.

[@farbenpracht]

well, you must be pretty jung then .. people after 25 do not care about that kind of intro.. ...

[@CricetolaS]

why do you shout in the first 3 seconds of the video ? my god when your videos autoplay i really want to die